Category: PhilosophyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

إنسان

/insān/Roman

English meaning: Human being

Arabic Definition

(العربية)

الإنسان هو الكائن الحي العاقل المتميز بالقدرة على التفكير والإبداع والتواصل الاجتماعي. وقد كرّم الله الإنسانَ وجعله خليفة في الأرض.

English Definition

A member of the species Homo sapiens; a person considered as a social and moral entity with rights and responsibilities.

Example

الإنسان مدني بطبعه كما قال ابن خلدون.

In English: Man is social by nature, as Ibn Khaldun said.

Synonyms

  • بشر
  • شخص

Literary Heritage

الحَقِيقَةُ لَا تُعَارِضُ الحَقِيقَةَ بَل تُوَافِقُهَا وَتَشهَدُ لَهَا

/Al-ḥaqīqatu lā tuʿāriḍu al-ḥaqīqata bal tuwāfiquhā wa-tashhadu lahā/

Truth does not contradict truth; rather it agrees with it and bears witness to it.

Ibn Rushd (Averroes) · Philosopher · 12th century CE

Tahafut al-Tahafut

Tahafut al-Tahafut, Preface, 12th century CE

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